Seemed like they where on the edge of breaking through with the Wicked World deal. The Spell of Retribution got great reviews, the Metal revival was impending and then... Nothing. Five years later they released Farseeing the Paranormal Abysm as a self-release that barely anybody managed to get their hands on. This band deserved to be on a semi-big label like Season of Mist with proper distribution and tour support. Really weird how they just went off the radar...

Seemed like they where on the edge of breaking through with the Wicked World deal. The Spell of Retribution got great reviews, the Metal revival was impending and then... Nothing. Five years later they released Farseeing the Paranormal Abysm as a self-release that barely anybody managed to get their hands on. This band deserved to be on a semi-big label like Season of Mist with proper distribution and tour support. Really weird how they just went off the radar...

hmmm i guess pretty logical age, personal life and so on... i just hope that at some point them will make new record

Do you know why he lost his enthusiasm for The Chasm? They did release A LOT of critically-successful albums before they got that Wicked World deal. Was it just too many years with too little in return?

Yes, he has a solo project called Magnum Itiner Interius and he released a new album under that moniker, earlier during this year. He had mentioned his disinterest in doing vocals in his last interview on Diabolical Conquest Webzine. Perhaps he doesn't seem too enthusiastic about continuing The Chasm either, as there has not been any news regarding a new album since ''Farseeing the Paranormal Abysm'' was released in 2009.

Most probably. I guess they wouldn't be able to tour as much as Warbringer or Enforcer do...

+ I bet that Earache still has an overstock of The Spell of Retribution CD's, which is a real shame. How come that this album wasn't a success? Probably too profound stuff for the majority of the listeners, who prefer to scratch the surface...

And in that interview - Daniel told that he is tired of writing lyrics, so maybe an "all instrumental" The Chasm album will see the light of day in the future.

I really hope that there will be more The Chasm stuff released... An instrumental album will do for me as well, considering the fact that "Farseeing..." is half instrumental and it's still a masterpiece._________________Infernal Rock N' Roll: WWW.INFERNALROCKNROLL.BANDCAMP.COM

+ I bet that Earache still has an overstock of The Spell of Retribution CD's, which is a real shame. How come that this album wasn't a success? Probably too profound stuff for the majority of the listeners, who prefer to scratch the surface...

I think the main reason for this is the song structures. I'm sure they could have become huge had they taken their sound in a more hook orientated direction like Dissection did on Storm, and At The Gates on Slaughter. As much as I like The Chasm it always annoyed me that they never tried to do that. Write an album that wasn't as "floating", though that works great for them most of the time.

Magnum Intiner Interius's last album pretty much picks up where Farseeing left off. You could kinda hear hints of the vocal-less direction Corchado was headed in due to the large number of instrumental tracks on the last Chasm album. I think this is going to be his main project from now on

Anytime I see any members of the band at a show (or even the local grocery store), I ask what's going on with The Chasm . The answer has been ”nothing” for more than two years now. Its a shame...so much talent.

Most probably. I guess they wouldn't be able to tour as much as Warbringer or Enforcer do...

+ I bet that Earache still has an overstock of The Spell of Retribution CD's, which is a real shame. How come that this album wasn't a success? Probably too profound stuff for the majority of the listeners, who prefer to scratch the surface...

And in that interview - Daniel told that he is tired of writing lyrics, so maybe an "all instrumental" The Chasm album will see the light of day in the future.

I really hope that there will be more The Chasm stuff released... An instrumental album will do for me as well, considering the fact that "Farseeing..." is half instrumental and it's still a masterpiece.

+1 there last album was a masterpiece - Daniel and Julio are the best guitar duo in death metal - hands down - I dont care what anybody says-- I will gladly take a instrumental new album from the chasm.. As long as its Danile & Julio it will be magic

+ I bet that Earache still has an overstock of The Spell of Retribution CD's, which is a real shame. How come that this album wasn't a success? Probably too profound stuff for the majority of the listeners, who prefer to scratch the surface...

I think the main reason for this is the song structures. I'm sure they could have become huge had they taken their sound in a more hook orientated direction like Dissection did on Storm, and At The Gates on Slaughter. As much as I like The Chasm it always annoyed me that they never tried to do that. Write an album that wasn't as "floating", though that works great for them most of the time.

To some extent I know what you mean, and it could be said for a lot of bands. On the other hand, a lot of The Chasm's intensity live comes from exactly that floating/foggy kind of approach. It is totally hypnotic and wouldn't work any other way. A lot of good bands end up sounding pretty blah in comparison. I'm not sure tight songs with choruses etc. would be an improvement.

I agree it is confusing that the band isn't more active. When I first moved to Chicago (2000) I considered The Chasm, Cianide, Usurper, and Scepter the main bands here and I kind of assumed they all would play all the time and was really kinda stunned and disappointed to realize it was quite the opposite. Now that I'm older it's easier to see that different bands have different priorities that change over time. And I think right now the priority with The Chasm is to get the old titles back in print in high quality, definitive editions. So buy their stuff and speed up the process!_________________https://professorblack.bandcamp.com

Daniel has told me that if the inspiration is there, he will (hopefully) write another Chasm album which I hope is the case of course. And he seems to be self-conscious about not repeating himself musically or making the same kind of album again.

Seemed like they where on the edge of breaking through with the Wicked World deal. The Spell of Retribution got great reviews, the Metal revival was impending and then... Nothing. Five years later they released Farseeing the Paranormal Abysm as a self-release that barely anybody managed to get their hands on. This band deserved to be on a semi-big label like Season of Mist with proper distribution and tour support. Really weird how they just went off the radar...

hmmm i guess pretty logical age, personal life and so on... i just hope that at some point them will make new record

Daniel has told me that if the inspiration is there, he will (hopefully) write another Chasm album which I hope is the case of course. And he seems to be self-conscious about not repeating himself musically or making the same kind of album again.

Same here, that's what he also told me. And besides, I think he's pretty burned out and kinda tired of the whole UG thing and the fact that they struggled for some long without getting much in return... Such a shame if you ask, what a unique band. Too unique maybe for the average metalhead??